The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-05
|HE MAN THE TRAIN RAN over.
BY LILY CURRY TYNER.
AUTHOR OF "a BOHEMIAN TRAGEDY. e"
TCoprighted, 1881

lCopyfighted, 1851
There are people with whom haste is an
k21npossibility, deliberation a hirthright
q hey are usually delightful souls; their
!. *hacidity is a burning reproach to their inn
1atient brethren, and their success in life is
7Eften remarkable. Mr.. Levi Noteworthy is
sgene of the happy individuals. He never
urries, never has hurried, never intends to
curry. He couldn't hurry if it were to save
bis life He is an amiable gentleman and a
general favorite. He is under so, hand
tome blonde, bachelor and newspaper
man" As the latter term may mean any
+ one, from the editor-in-chief to the auto
Sfrat of the lift" in an establishment Jour
nalistic, may as well particularize that
" Mr.. Noteworthy is a space writer-one
= Tho takes assignments-the best kind of as
q gnments- occasionally writes special arti-
4 &les, and occasionally fills somebody's place
Il desk work
<# Mr.. Noteworthy, despite his deliberate
rays, is industrious. He manages some
tfnes to get in as much as twenty columns
\ week, when his very best impressions are
bot mutilated and tie salient points of his
(tories are not killed by the inexplicable
fenius of the night desk or the broad day
4nalevolence of the city editor
f# A short time since Mr. Noteworthy con-
eluded to take up his residence with a mar
ned sister in a suburb some thirty miles
rom New York. His sister, who was
nncommonly fond of him, had long urged
him to do this; she had impressed upon his
mind the advantages of home life as con-
Breasted with that of his town boarding
house; she had expatiated upon the pure
& Air and peaceful country atmosphere: she
had dwelt upon the cheapness of commute
h non rates and the frequency of trains, and
Levi had at last consented. In some re-
epects ii was not bad, except that he always
lined in town, and, when he had good
evening assignment, quite frequently missed
8he last-the midnight-train, in which case,
of course he would not go home until the
next night And, try as he might he could
not get down to work as early as when he
lived in the city. But nothing serious oc-
eurred until certain day in the early
Spring came, and with it a rather important
assignment for that evening. AT $50 Mr.
Luclkworthy's sister was surprised TO see
from her parlor window her amiable rela
live come smiling up the street and into the
7bouse.p - ~,
.sLee," she exclaimed, "are you illF'
Levi drew off his coat, still smiling, and
examined his pockets for a cigarette and a
match.
mo" he mumbled after the first puff or
Two. mo, my dear, i only came home to
dress for a dinner, the Blatant Blather-
sixties banquet at Delmonico's
81 Mr.. Noteworthy then threw himself down
E in the most comfortable chair he could find
hnd proceeded to enjoy his cigarette.
"a Don't you have to go back right Off
his sister ventured to inquire.
81 NO" said Levi, blandly, 81 have two
hours. The q 80 train reaches town at S:45,
3 leaving me fifteen minutes to reach Twenty
sixth street. The Blatherskites begin to
banquet at g."
He.continued to take his ease until nearly
"a O'clock, when it occurred to him it was
time to begin dressing. q ga
With Mr.. Luckworthy the making of an
evening toilet is an affair of serious import
ance. The results, however, are always
such as to justify the gentleman's fastidi-
business. At 7.20 Mr.. Noteworthy was SO
handsome that his sister, called in to voueh
for the newness of the lawn tie he had just
adjusted, went into raptures
At 1928 Mr.. Noteworthy slipped inside his
best top coat, drew ON his gloves and turned
out the gas III his room.
. The station was easily but a five minutes
walk from the house. Mr. Noteworthy had
made it in four minutes He had no ticket
TO buy.
Serene and sweet rejoicing in the good
feast which should be provided by the
Blatherskites, MIR. Noteworthy leisurely
picked his way along. There was a little
rise of ground between him and the sta
ton. That is, the road ran up hill, then sud
denly down again upon the railroad.